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Welcome to JA and thanks for this question. I'm sorry to hear about your son's symptoms. Now from what you are describing the presence of proteins in the urine can be due to a number of reasons and not necessarily due to the cysts. In fact, proteins can be present in the urine even if there is a mild infection or if the patient has another viral illness. Sometimes even viral illnesses in other regions of the body can lead to this problem. However, given that he does have cysts in the kidney which could be indicative of polycystic kidney disease then he should have his urine protein to creatinine ratio determined and ideally, he should also get a 24-hour urinary protein level done as well. At the same time, he would also need blood creatinine and urea levels done. If the blood urea or creatinine are deranged OR if the additional urine tests are deranged then he would need to be evaluated by a nephrologist for management of possible kidney disease. But at the moment the raised creatinine and protein in the urine can be due to an infection but I would still get the additional tests done.

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The range varies from lab to lab, in some labs it would be considered as slightly elevated but it is not so elevated that we would be worried, i would still get a 24 hour measurement done as that is more accurate than a spot sample or a whole morning sample.

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